Current News
IRS Has Answered Only 15.6 Percent of Calls This Tax Filing
Season
The IRS has answered only 15.6 percent of customer service calls
during the 2016 tax-filing season so far, according to testimony
from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Read More.
IRS Chief Blames Poor Customer Service, Data Hacks on Healthcare
Reform
Both cybersecurity and customer service at the Internal Revenue
Service have suffered because of Obamacare, the agency’s head
said in remarks to Congress on Thursday. Read More.
IRS forces local Tea Party to continue limbo dance
It is an abuse-of-power dance nobody wants to get asked to. But
in 2009 the Internal Revenue Service held out a bamboo pole and
forced the Albuquerque Tea Party to limbo. Read More.
Appellate Court’s Blistering Takedown of IRS, DOJ over Targeting
Conservatives is Awe-Inspiring
It’s one of the most stunning judicial opinions I’ve ever read.
It is as clear in its scathing retort of the Obama
Administration’s IRS and DOJ as it is precise in its legal
acumen. In what … Read More.
IRS’s Delays in Responding to Taxpayer Correspondence Take
Mounting Toll
The Internal Revenue Service’s delays in processing taxpayer
correspondence are lengthening, leading to delayed tax refunds
and bigger interest payments from the IRS, according to a new
report. Read More.
As U.S. Passports For Domestic Flights Loom, IRS Can Now Revoke
Passports
An IRS legal deadline looms in April to claim more than $950
million in 2012 federal tax refunds. Read More.
Survey Shows Many Americans Fine with Lying to the IRS
Call it a “little green lie.” A number of Americans apparently
find it acceptable to lie when there’s money at stake. Read More.
Consumption taxes on the rise
Nearly 1,050 days since the start of the IRS scandal triggered by
allegations that the IRS unlawfully and unethically targeted tea
party and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny Read More.
Nearly $1B in IRS refunds about to be forfeited
An IRS legal deadline looms in April to claim more than $950
million in 2012 federal tax refunds. An estimated 1 million-plus
taxpayers risk losing their share of the funds because they
haven’t yet filed the tax returns… Read More.
Just another unfair tax
Business owners face another unfair tax by the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS): a penalty for offering health care support to
their employees. Read More.
Boustany convenes first subcommittee hearing on tax reform
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) convened a hearing on Wednesday
that explored how tax reform can help create jobs, increase
paychecks and expand opportunities. Read More.
IRS and EPA honchos receive public service awards. No… seriously.
You can keep clicking on this link as many times as you like and
refreshing the page but it’s not going to redirect you to a story
from The Onion. Read More.
Lead Letter: FairTax is the solution to frustrations with IRS
American individuals and businesses spend billions of dollars and
hours every year filing their tax returns thanks to a broken and
outdated tax code full of regulations and loopholes. Read More.
How Do Volunteers Pass FAIRtax?
Social Media’s Potential Impact Read More.
